What in the heck am I doing wrong!! Clutch issues

[Varmit]

Originally Posted by Pman1961

With my buddy and I convinced the clutch was going to work after bleeding master cylinder and the slave cylinder, gravity bled the system and pushed the rod of the slave cylinder slowly in and out all the way with the reservoir cap off and no site of air bubbles anywhere. I raised the master cylinder push rod at the clutch pedal from the original full low position to the third and highest position to obtain more throw. Three other SPF's in my area the rod was in the middle hole. Measured the throw at the slave cylinder and was around 1 1/16". The feel of the clutch mimics my buddies where you feel pressure as the clutch begins to disengage and then the pressure eases within the last couple of inches from the floor. I thought the clutch issue was licked. Fired up the car, difficult to go in forward gears and all it would do is grind trying to go into reverse and this is with the wheels off the ground. Went to my buddies yesterday and he has around 1 3/16" throw at the clutch fork. However, he does not have to push the clutch pedal to the floor to pop gears in and out. My throwout bearing was set to have contact with the pressure plate and then backed off just a little. Fingers of the clutch all look fine. I have a Ram clutch assembly purchased through our good man Brent of B2. Does is seem as though the pressure plate is defective? Should I cut another piece of threaded rod and set it to where it has about the same throw as my buddies and just see if it will go in gear? Help!!!! I have this issue and one other I have posted to be up and running and I desperately want to get this thing together to enjoy the good weather.

Had the same exact issues when I installed a RAM, we were able to get it working by adjucting the throw in the clutch pedal. Now the pedal is about an inch higher than the brake pedal. Shifting is o.k.